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they have gotten more benefits under president obama. president obama has increased the solvency of the trust fund to be your 2024. in case you have not noticed, -- trust fund to be year 2024. our budget has been endorsed by the ama and the aarp, not known to be against medicare. as my brother jimmy would say, "go figure." who are you going to believe? it is not be misleading things they tell you about us and medicare that bothers me most. it is the things they do not tell you about the things that have been laid out in stark relief and have been voted on in the republican congress. what they don't tell you is that plan would immediately cut those benefits so that so he million people on medicare right now are eliminated. they pay $700 more in prescription drugs and the well less -- wellness exam would go away. what they do not tell you is that what they are proposing would not extend the life of medicare. it would put the trust fund in jeopardy and in the year 2016, we would be out of money. that is the fact. the most important thing th
they have gotten more benefits under president obama. president obama has increased the solvency of the trust fund to be your 2024. in case you have not noticed, -- trust fund to be year 2024. our budget has been endorsed by the ama and the aarp, not known to be against medicare. as my brother jimmy would say, "go figure." who are you going to believe? it is not be misleading things they tell you about us and medicare that bothers me most. it is the things they do not tell you about...
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obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. we heard a story in that clip that you played. his story was all the problems were caused by republicans for the last eight years. it was bill clinton that seened financial deregulation, democrats who sat and stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac, which helped create the mortgage crisis. he told a great story. problem is he used some facts that helped him and ignored some facts that didn't help him. it was vintage clinton, great t
obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i...
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obama for not voting for mitt romney is like saying i don't like cancer. so i'm not going to vote for cancer essentially he has had to compromise with republicans who want to drag drag america in the wrong direction and then the question is do you want to go even farther in that wrong direction by supporting it even worse republican policies the bottom line is that every step of the way this president has been up structed by republicans has had to compromise with republicans adopt unfortunately some bad republican ideas like massive tax cuts for the rich and now he's being blamed by republicans for failing how about this how about instead of blocking them they help pass his policies and then i can see what a real progressive agenda looks like ok rob jump in there where do you stand should obama be fired. yes i think that the big mistake a lot of people are making is they're talking too much about policy and not about politics and that's obama's big mistake he wants to be a policy maker he has never embraced or acknowledged or maybe not even understood what
obama for not voting for mitt romney is like saying i don't like cancer. so i'm not going to vote for cancer essentially he has had to compromise with republicans who want to drag drag america in the wrong direction and then the question is do you want to go even farther in that wrong direction by supporting it even worse republican policies the bottom line is that every step of the way this president has been up structed by republicans has had to compromise with republicans adopt unfortunately...
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about the mind you were talking about obama's pitch. ok i'd like to go back to rob in new york how much is this campaign really about anxiety not about democrats and republicans but anxiety about the future. it's about anxiety to a tremendous extreme because. the big question are we better off than we were four years ago that was this this to david axelrod yesterday and he said well auto workers are what we're talking about the country as a whole and it's also been a very mercurial economy where it's good one day and the stock market the next day it crashes one hundred points there's there's really no even keel here and people are concerned i i want to address what we're talking about a little bit before which is a word unsustainable i think it's a big problem with with the democratic party they want to do all these things but they have all these programs that are literally unsustainable and that's where my concern comes in president obama says he's going to solve that by increasing taxes on the rich which would bring in another eighty
about the mind you were talking about obama's pitch. ok i'd like to go back to rob in new york how much is this campaign really about anxiety not about democrats and republicans but anxiety about the future. it's about anxiety to a tremendous extreme because. the big question are we better off than we were four years ago that was this this to david axelrod yesterday and he said well auto workers are what we're talking about the country as a whole and it's also been a very mercurial economy...
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can obama reintroduce hope at his party's gathering and can he convince voters he is still the right guy for the job. and. to cross out the u.s. election i'm joined by rod how in new york he's an american television news commentator and satirist in washington we have john kerry he is the founder of the ferry group and in charlotte we crossed to adam green he is co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in any time when john if i go to you first does barack obama deserve another four years in office. no and i think that at this convention he's got to explain himself for having a failing presidency and largely having policies that not have not worked for the american people on employment above eight percent people kind of losing faith in their government and just kind of a sense of hopelessness i think that barack obama needs to be fired ok and what do you think about that obama should be fired we'll talk about romney later well ok and for us of all i would just say that our organization the progressive cha
can obama reintroduce hope at his party's gathering and can he convince voters he is still the right guy for the job. and. to cross out the u.s. election i'm joined by rod how in new york he's an american television news commentator and satirist in washington we have john kerry he is the founder of the ferry group and in charlotte we crossed to adam green he is co-founder of the progressive change campaign committee all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in any time...
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and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus groups, he noted, he stuck with this very nuanced way of trying to figure out how to attack barack obama without alienating people who did vote for him. and i think that's right. if you bring this to debate, he'll have a hard time going after the president for that reason. >> well, alicia, there's something to that, because you notice he's been trying to come off a little more moderate in tone. watch this. >> now and then, the president says i'm the grandfather of obamacare. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. >> translator:
and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus...
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i'm voting for obama. i can't believe mitt romney could win this election but i'm also in the state of mind that that would just been so appalling to me. i can't believe that it could be true. >> he's been working the "you don't understand me" ticket. he went on kelly and michael. let's have a look at this. >> honey booboo or snooki? >> do you know who either of these two -- >> i'm kind of a snooki fan. >> has a baby now. >> look how tiny she's gotten. she's lost weight and she's energetic. just her spark plug personality. >> he's never heard of of snooki or honey booboo. >> of course. that's what he's watching at night, back-to-back. they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do
i'm voting for obama. i can't believe mitt romney could win this election but i'm also in the state of mind that that would just been so appalling to me. i can't believe that it could be true. >> he's been working the "you don't understand me" ticket. he went on kelly and michael. let's have a look at this. >> honey booboo or snooki? >> do you know who either of these two -- >> i'm kind of a snooki fan. >> has a baby now. >> look how tiny she's...
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advantage obama. today, mitt's slips. >> i know i am not getting 100% of the vote and my campaign will focus on those people we think we can bring in to support me. >> adding up romney's 47% program with lindsey graham and democratic senator dick durbin. >>> and the deadly attacks on americans in libya. it is apparently not what we thought. the latest from house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. >>> and who are those people anyway? i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> as mitt romney struggled to regain footing after his 47% victim remark, the president was contemplating his first four years and a slight change to the hope and change theme. >> you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. that's how i got elected. we are at that point on the campaign where everything becomes fodder on the stump. >> the president threw in the white flag of surrender again. he said he can't change washington from the inside. he can only change it from
advantage obama. today, mitt's slips. >> i know i am not getting 100% of the vote and my campaign will focus on those people we think we can bring in to support me. >> adding up romney's 47% program with lindsey graham and democratic senator dick durbin. >>> and the deadly attacks on americans in libya. it is apparently not what we thought. the latest from house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. >>> and who are those people anyway? i'm candy crowley. and...
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she's an outspoken obama supporter. in statement sheointedut i ldte w rion someone is anyway. > ann romney joked, yes, her husband does shop at costco on jay leno. >> would you say he is fgal or p? >> cheap. y >> you want to know when we leave the house? he turns off the hot water heater. you know what he forgets when we come home he eten toge ansold showers, they're not so bad. >>> ross perot is writing a book called "my book." anss size. >> did romney say class size doesn't matter. >> it didn't seem to me that class size is the key. >>> with president obama winng his lead in ohio and early voting begins there next week, today prident obam anditt mney crisscrossing that state, making five campaign appearances between them. this is day three of romney's bus tour. here he was just a short time ago in suburban columbus. >> i care about the people of america, and the difference between me and preside obama is i know whato do and i will do wt it tak to t this ecomy ing. >> i'm joining now by chris kafinas and john braybende
she's an outspoken obama supporter. in statement sheointedut i ldte w rion someone is anyway. > ann romney joked, yes, her husband does shop at costco on jay leno. >> would you say he is fgal or p? >> cheap. y >> you want to know when we leave the house? he turns off the hot water heater. you know what he forgets when we come home he eten toge ansold showers, they're not so bad. >>> ross perot is writing a book called "my book." anss size. >> did...
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took that or not he paid twenty percent in taxes which is far above and beyond his fair share barack obama wants americans to pay for rich people to pay more sort of their share if you know the it was more than what he's required to pay if it is. surgeons in this town who are saving people's lives making one hundred fifty two hundred thousand dollars you're paying thirty six percent why should mitt romney pay twenty percent of his twenty million dollars you know what to do exactly right i mean this is completely ludicrous it's immoral this country right now we're seeing the rich getting richer poor getting poorer and no roof for the rich no floor for the poor and in indeed there's a war on the middle class and the working man and woman mitt romney and the poor and mitt romney needs to pay his fair share there's no reason why in all fifty states in the land of the free and home of the brave you have poor people actually pay more of their fair share having a higher tax burden on the state level while at the same time someone who is supposed to be running for president who is supposed to be r
took that or not he paid twenty percent in taxes which is far above and beyond his fair share barack obama wants americans to pay for rich people to pay more sort of their share if you know the it was more than what he's required to pay if it is. surgeons in this town who are saving people's lives making one hundred fifty two hundred thousand dollars you're paying thirty six percent why should mitt romney pay twenty percent of his twenty million dollars you know what to do exactly right i mean...
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i'm barack obama and i approve this message. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> police have released a video of a person of the interests related to a sexual assault. >> of the man is seen getting off the train and following the woman victim through the station tall. she says he ordered her to the ground and attacked her at gunpoint. last week, police released a composite sketch. if you have any information about this person, the police would like to hear from you. >> a man already serving time for shooting a church that these incidents to 50 years in prison on additional charges. according to court records george robbed the several banks and businesses in virginia, taking $87,000. he admitted kidnapping in carjacking a woman. he is already serving two sentences of 50 years for shooting to sheriff's deputies. he will serve consecutive to the state sentences. >> the somber day at central high school, a memorial service held for a teenager killed while walking to school. students were holding sign
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obama won that by 14,000 votes. gwen: that's really narrow. >> a state like indiana, that was a state that obama won last time. romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing romney as someone who wasn't in touch with the middle class and the tax issue, him releasing his tax returns. he was always on the defensive and now he has a lot of ground to make up. gwen: is there an argument to be made that there is a policy shift going on in america's mind as well, not just a good speech or a good piece of positioning, but actually people are looking at their choices differently now? >> there are ways to think of this, not just through polling data but economic data and there is a surge of optimism. small business co
obama won that by 14,000 votes. gwen: that's really narrow. >> a state like indiana, that was a state that obama won last time. romney will win that. everyone is surprised that all of these polls are pretty much saying obama is in command of the lead. chuck talked about they lost august. one reading is that they lost the summer, the romney campaign. if you look at obama did, they did, at the start of this race was in may. that's when they started going out with tough ads and framing...
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no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. he's very wonkish. which surprises people. because on the campaign trail, he seemed to be a different person. >> in a final blow, a crucial democratic seat passed into republican hands. >> ted kennedy's seat in the u.s. senate, which he had occupied for 46 years till his death last year, has been won by a republican. >> the president had lost the votes he needed to pass health care reform. his staff told him to scale back the bill or pause and return to it later. >> one of his senior advisers said to him, you know, mr. president, unless you're feeling lucky, i just don't think this is going to happen. >> i was making a joke to him. i said, look, my name's barack obama an
no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. he's very wonkish. which surprises people. because on the campaign trail, he seemed to be a different person. >> in a final blow, a...
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barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story is of growing up in white privilege you know, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair, starting a business thatt became a successful business. thats the story. >> and the olympics. >> that is an event.. >> john kennedy did not have that kind of story except he was a war hero. he had a war story. >> mitt romney clearly has trouble talki about himself. not his business, but himself. as we said, bring out >> a storybook marriage? no, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. [applause] >> all right, as we say endlessly, mitt romney seemso be uncomfortable talking about and self in public. he will talk numbers all day long, talk about the salt lake city olylympics, but he has s a hard time g getting people to look a the man inside the biography. in any otherrofession, i guess that woulde an attractive trait, but with modern politics, it is deemed a failure. what did ann romney tell you about her h husband that you did not alalready kn
barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story is of growing up in white privilege you know, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair, starting a business thatt became a successful business. thats the story. >> and the olympics. >> that is an event.. >> john kennedy did not have that kind of story except he was a war hero. he had a war story. >> mitt romney clearly has trouble talki about himself. not his business, but himself. as we said, bring...
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obama. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> coming next, more highlights from the democratic convention in charlotte. we'll hear from a group of congresswomen, former president jimmy carter, new york mayor cory booker, and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. you are watching "road to the white house coverage on c-span. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," the capital bureau chiefs -- in north carolina, laura leslie, and university of north carolina at charlotte political science professor of margaret croft will discuss the north carolina above. "washington journal" is live from charlotte all this week, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> c-span coverage of the democratic convention continues through thursday night. every minute, every speech, live on c-span, c-span radio, an online at c-span.org. >> let me make this pledge to you right here and now. for every american who is trying to do the right thing, for all those people in govern
obama. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> coming next, more highlights from the democratic convention in charlotte. we'll hear from a group of congresswomen, former president jimmy carter, new york mayor cory booker, and chicago mayor rahm emanuel. you are watching "road to the white house coverage on c-span. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," the capital bureau chiefs -- in north carolina, laura leslie, and university...
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nearly. >> obama. obama. o-ba-ma. >> i stand before you tonight because all across america something has stirred. this election has never been about me. it's about you. >> what a night. >> he's amazing. >> barack obama evening. >> incredible speech. it just makes you want to do something. >> oh, yeah. >> america, yes. >> feed me, feed me. it's the most delicious host i've ever tasted. he's the greatest -- the man may be a movement but he's the greatest movement i've ever seen. >> jon: obviously, thank you so much -- obviously, the democratic national convention was the big news, but there was also some breaking news out of dayton, ohio, today where this morning republican presidential candidate john mccain introduced the world to his third wife. actually, no, wait, i'm sorry, that's his running mate, sarah palin, the freshman governor of alaska and star and producer of the emmy winning "30 rock." no, i'm sorry -- the star of the emmy winning "will & grace." no, i'm sorry, it's actually the mild-mannered yet t
nearly. >> obama. obama. o-ba-ma. >> i stand before you tonight because all across america something has stirred. this election has never been about me. it's about you. >> what a night. >> he's amazing. >> barack obama evening. >> incredible speech. it just makes you want to do something. >> oh, yeah. >> america, yes. >> feed me, feed me. it's the most delicious host i've ever tasted. he's the greatest -- the man may be a movement but he's...
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but will they go to the polls for barak obama? then, republicans who support marriage equality. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to the contrary. a discussion of news and social friends from by verse ber speculatives. up first, the important choice ahead for women voters. [♪] barack obama and the democrats believe women will be the deciding factor in the presidential election. so they are working hard to drive them to the polls. >> and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. >> at their convention, democrats put women front, center and really everywhere. there were tributes to women senators and women house members. one woman after another took to the stage to make the case for reelecting president obama. >> we are far better off with barack obama than we were with george w. bush. that is why the republicans said gotcha. are you better off? absolutely. >> when you look at our convention, you see america represented. you see the diversity. you see the role of women all of
but will they go to the polls for barak obama? then, republicans who support marriage equality. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to the contrary. a discussion of news and social friends from by verse ber speculatives. up first, the important choice ahead for women voters. [♪] barack obama and the democrats believe women will be the deciding factor in the presidential election. so they are working hard to drive them to the polls. >> and if you share that faith with me, if you...
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barack obama. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome california assembly speaker, john a. pÉrez. >> a good evening, democrats. i'm so honored to join you tonight. certainly, this close to election, much of our attention and focus is on the nuts and bolts of victory. how we will prevail in the swing districts and a battleground he states. this convention gives us a chance to discuss something much more important than how or where we fight. it gives us a chance to reflect on the question of why we fight. the answer to that fundamental question is summed up in one word -- opportunity. opportunity is why we fight. across the country, there are parents who want nothing more than the opportunity to have a job and the ability to put food on the family table. we fight for them. in too many states, even as some folks who have jobs wake up every morning worrying they may lose their job simply because they're gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. we fight for them. [applause] campuses,ion'
barack obama. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome california assembly speaker, john a. pÉrez. >> a good evening, democrats. i'm so honored to join you tonight. certainly, this close to election, much of our attention and focus is on the nuts and bolts of victory. how we will prevail in the swing districts and a battleground he states. this convention gives us a chance to discuss something much more important than how or where we fight. it gives us a chance to...
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the obama campaign has also responded. it's shocking that a candidate for president of the united states would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the american people view themselves as victims entitled to handouts and are unwilling to take personal responsibility for their own lives. it's hard to serve as president for all americans when i have disdainfully written off half of the nation. that's exactly what mitt romney has done here with this statement behind closed doors. for months on this program, i have asked, will the real mitt romney stand up? we saw the real mitt romney. he did behind closed doors. he doesn't give a damn about those who needs assistance in this country and that we are a society, we are a country of compassion. we want to help people who are downtrodden. we want to help those who were dealt a tough deck of cards, whether it be in the economy, or whether it be health care, as of no fault of their own, or circumstances put on families that are totally out of thei
the obama campaign has also responded. it's shocking that a candidate for president of the united states would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half the american people view themselves as victims entitled to handouts and are unwilling to take personal responsibility for their own lives. it's hard to serve as president for all americans when i have disdainfully written off half of the nation. that's exactly what mitt romney has done here with this statement...
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i'm barack obama and i approve this message. some of our children's greatest experiences have been in the smaller classrooms. vo: but mitt romney says class sizes don't matter... and he supports paul ryan's budget which could cut education by 20%. you can't do this by shoving 30, 35 people into a class and just teaching to some test... these are all issues that really he personally cannot relate to. to be able to afford an educatio to want the very best public education system for your children. >> a new study suggests a link between the force and stroke. researchers say man whose parents -- divorce and stroke. we citrus say a man whose parents are divorced r -- researchers say a man whose parents are divorced is three times more likely to have a stroke. it could be linked to a hormone that causes stress. >>john, i have to ask you, how many times do you have to bite your tongue to not get involved sooner than you have to? >> we have learned to measure it pretty well. we wait and wait. we want it to go as far as it can, but on th
i'm barack obama and i approve this message. some of our children's greatest experiences have been in the smaller classrooms. vo: but mitt romney says class sizes don't matter... and he supports paul ryan's budget which could cut education by 20%. you can't do this by shoving 30, 35 people into a class and just teaching to some test... these are all issues that really he personally cannot relate to. to be able to afford an educatio to want the very best public education system for your...
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president obama swinging by california against next week. he has spent more time there than in pivotal states like north carolina and pennsylvania, going after money not votes. he has raised 40 million-dollars there. mitt romney, has raised half that much in the golden state. >> despite all bumps, mitt romney is still raising big bucks, from those super paces. 150 million and counts, a lot from the business guys who do not like where this country is going, as bad as swing state polls like for romney now, he would be in deeper doo-doowithout that cash, that is amazing. >> this this economy, mitt romney should be leveraging that, we heard him talk about greece today that is a good thing, the more he can talk about the economy and debt, that is a great thing, however the super paces have kept him in the race. why, we have a long drawn out primary, have you super paces who are framing who president obama was, a like able character, majority of americans like him. that i want to believe in him, they want him to work. but the super paces ares are
president obama swinging by california against next week. he has spent more time there than in pivotal states like north carolina and pennsylvania, going after money not votes. he has raised 40 million-dollars there. mitt romney, has raised half that much in the golden state. >> despite all bumps, mitt romney is still raising big bucks, from those super paces. 150 million and counts, a lot from the business guys who do not like where this country is going, as bad as swing state polls like...
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will you not silence me, invisible barack obama. (laughter) i am going to tell you something, back where we work at the daily show on the west side of he'll kitchen in new york city, you don't have to go far to see an old man yelling at an inanimate object. (laughter) but rarely is that object on stage at a national political convention. and almost never is that old man oscar winner clint eastwood. (applause) not that romney didn't get a chance to-- you know, i think he talked too. >> we americans have always felt a special kinship with the future. >> jon: yes, yes, we americans uniquely among earth's people, move forward in time. look, i don't-- (laughter) i don't care how many marco's rubio you put in between clint eastwood and mitt romney, romney ain't outshining this little playlet i like to call the old man and the seat. and here's why-- (laughter) it hurts-- here's why it hurts. it hurt these republicans bad because this convention like all conventions is a scripted and focused group fantasy and the display of eastwood's gran
will you not silence me, invisible barack obama. (laughter) i am going to tell you something, back where we work at the daily show on the west side of he'll kitchen in new york city, you don't have to go far to see an old man yelling at an inanimate object. (laughter) but rarely is that object on stage at a national political convention. and almost never is that old man oscar winner clint eastwood. (applause) not that romney didn't get a chance to-- you know, i think he talked too. >> we...
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barack obama's strength, i think, is that he's a leader that doesn't panic. that he's smart and in control. that he listening to people like secretary of state clinton, and that i think he's a perfect crisis leader. this plays to his strength. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east again. they don't want a third war. they don't want -- they want us to be strong, and my constituents have said to me in the streets although with tears in their eyes and say how can this happen in benghazi when we saved all those people from being executed? it's a good, tough question. i think it's importance to emphasize it wasn't the libyan government that had anything to do with this. it may have been inspired by al qaeda or some extremist groups, and we've got to be careful about a response when we know who did it, the response should be swift and certain. we have to be careful about that response. >> governor, if we could turn to romney's political response, which i think you could classify as poor as the very best, ari berman a couple months ago point
barack obama's strength, i think, is that he's a leader that doesn't panic. that he's smart and in control. that he listening to people like secretary of state clinton, and that i think he's a perfect crisis leader. this plays to his strength. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east again. they don't want a third war. they don't want -- they want us to be strong, and my constituents have said to me in the streets although with tears in their eyes and say how can this...
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obama 250,000. romney zero. [ applause ] now, the agreement the administration made with the management to double car mileage that was a good deal, too, it will cut your gas prices in half. your gas bill. no matter what the price is, if you double mileage of your car your bill will be half what it would have been. make it more energy independent, cut greenhouse gas emissions and according to several analyses over the next 20 years it will bring us another half a billion good new jobs in to the american economy. the president's energy st
obama 250,000. romney zero. [ applause ] now, the agreement the administration made with the management to double car mileage that was a good deal, too, it will cut your gas prices in half. your gas bill. no matter what the price is, if you double mileage of your car your bill will be half what it would have been. make it more energy independent, cut greenhouse gas emissions and according to several analyses over the next 20 years it will bring us another half a billion good new jobs in to the...
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so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the 20. they put him at the bottom of the list just below ronald reagan. but it is interesting. the popular people put him in the middle of achievements. it was one of the top ten in the country, so they excluded george w. bush. to my regret they excluded george herbert walker bush who i personally thing they deserved more credit than they got. the popular vote excluded woodrow wilson. woodrow wilson charted american history for the next years. >> what do you make of the breakdown if you look at the list that's used democratic. out of ten, only three are republicans. >> yeah. i mean the people, four were republicans, but wi biand large you have to look at who the republicans are. you've about got warren harding who was always drunk and making love in a closet. corrupt. you've got herbert hoover, decent made
so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the 20. they put him at the bottom of the list just below ronald reagan. but it is interesting. the popular people put him in the middle of achievements. it was one of the top ten in the country, so they...
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it laid the predicate for obama on thursday. neil: barack obama appealing to his better instincts to to his better instincts to shine the light on the and a light where it can find it. making the compelling argument more government, and more initiatives on health care, of stimulus when republicans were running the table suddenly -- we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male annncer ]
it laid the predicate for obama on thursday. neil: barack obama appealing to his better instincts to to his better instincts to shine the light on the and a light where it can find it. making the compelling argument more government, and more initiatives on health care, of stimulus when republicans were running the table suddenly -- we have big dreams. one is for a clean, domestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner...
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barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story of growing up in a life of privilege -- you know, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair, starting a business that became a successful business -- that is the story. >> do not forget the olympics. >> that is an event. >> john kennedy did not have the store except he was a war hero. he had a war story. >> romney was a rich kid with a lot of connections. >> all right, mitt romney clearly does not like talking about himself. not about his success in business, but himself, so as we said, bring out mrs. romney and friends. how did that work? >> storybook marriage? not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. >> as we say endlessly, mitt romney seems to be uncomfortable talking about himself in public. he will talk numbers all day long. talk about the salt lake city olympics, but he has a hard time getting people to look at the man inside the biography. in any other profession, that would be an attractive trait, but with modern politics,
barack obama has a compelling story. mitt romney's story of growing up in a life of privilege -- you know, going to prep school where he cut off another kid's hair, starting a business that became a successful business -- that is the story. >> do not forget the olympics. >> that is an event. >> john kennedy did not have the store except he was a war hero. he had a war story. >> romney was a rich kid with a lot of connections. >> all right, mitt romney clearly does...